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Show RED CROSS GIVES FULL ACCOUNTING War Council Tills Hew Millions Contribiitsd by Fubiic Were Used Fcr Relief. BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED Wi Twenty Months $154,000,000 Wu Spent Oversea and $119,000,000 In the United 8tatea, Washington. (Special.) Through a complete report of the work of the American Red Cross In the war by Chairman Henry P. Davison, on behalf be-half of the war council, the organization organiza-tion on the eve of its annual enrollment enroll-ment of members during the Third Red Cross Roll Call, November 2 to 11, has rendered an accounting of the many millions given It by the American Ameri-can people to help our fighting men and our allies. The statement Is, In part, as follows: "The war council of the American Red Cross is now prepared to make a complete accounting to the American people of money contributed and expended, ex-pended, as well as the work done by the American Red Cross during the period In which the war council was in control of Its affairs. The war council was appointed May 19, 1919, and went out of existence February 28, 1919. "It was the practice of the war council to give complete publicity to its policies and finances, but It Is only now that a picture of the war period as a whole can be presented. It is the feeling of the war council that a report in this summarized form should be made directly to the public which provided the money and gave the effort ef-fort which made the American Red Cross a success. "A statement of the American Red Cross effort and finances since the war council relinquished Its control will be made to the public through the executive committee, apd It is important, im-portant, therefore, that the fact thai this report covers the period only until March 1, should be carefully noted." Following are certain round figures covering American Red Cross pardcl-pation pardcl-pation in the war, as revealed by the war council's report: SomeOutstandlnp, Figures. Contributions received (material and money) . $400,000,000 Red Cross members: Adults, 20,000,000 ; Children, 11,000,000 ... 31,000,000 Red Cross workers 8,100,000 Relief articles produced by volunteer workers. . 871,577,000 Families of soldiers aided by Home Service in U.S. 500,000 Refreshments served by canteen workers In U.S. 40,000,000 Nurses enrolled for service serv-ice with army, navy or Red Cross 23,822 Kinds of comfort articles distributed to soldiers and sailors in U. S 2,700 Knitted articles given to eoldiers and sailors In U. S 10,900,000 Tons of relief supplies shipped overseas 101,000 Foreign countries in which Red Cross operated oper-ated 85 Patient days in Red Cross hospital. In France 1,165,000 French hospitals given material aid 8,780 Splints supplied for American Amer-ican soldiers 294,000 Gallons of nitrous oxide . and oxygen furnished ' French hospitals 4,840,000 Men served by Red Cross canteens In B'ranee 15,876,000 Refugees aided In France 1,726,000 American convalescent soldiers attending Red Cross movies In France 3,110,000 Soldiers carried by Red Cross ambulances in Itnlv 148.000 Children cared for by Red Cross In Italy 155,000 Of the $400,000,000 In money and supplies, contributed to the American Red Cross during the twenty months the war council was In existence, $263,000,000 was alloted to national headquarters, while $187,000,000 went to the chapters to finance their ao-OvitleB. ao-OvitleB. Expenditures In .the twenty months totalled $273,000,000, divided as follows : By national headquarters In France, $57,000,000 ; elsewhere overseas, over-seas, $64,000,000 ; in the United States. $48,'XX),000 ; by chapters in the United States, $43,000,000; cost of chapter-produced chapter-produced articles distributed In France, $25,000,000, elsewhere overseas, over-seas, $8,000,000: In the United States, $28,000,000, making total expenditures in France, $82,000,000, elsewhere overseas, over-seas, $72,000,000; in the United States, $119,000,000. |
